- On changing the name to What Privilege: A few months ago, we had a discussion about whether the original name of this website, Blind Privilege, was ableist. As is typical when someone raises a question like this, there were several people who agreed with changing the name and several who thought it wasn’t necessary. And a few who thought it was ridiculous to even consider changing it. This prompted me to do a lot of reading and research online. There are a number of worthwhile opinions ... READ MORE
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- Ableist language in the name of this site?: [ETA: the site name referred to in this post is "Blind Privilege", which was the original name of this site and domain. After this post, I changed both the site and domain name to "What Privilege?"] Three years ago, I started this site. I’d heard “blinded by privilege” in a few places, and came up with the phrase “blind privilege”. It was available as a domain, so I bought it and started blogging. Three years ago, I wasn’t very aware of able-bodied ... READ MORE



